Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...G. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... Boothia . But it has since been found that the cen- ter of magnetic intensity is a movable point revolving within the frigid zone . " The place of the observatory , " Ross remarks , " was as near to the magnetic pole as the limited ...
... Boothia . But it has since been found that the cen- ter of magnetic intensity is a movable point revolving within the frigid zone . " The place of the observatory , " Ross remarks , " was as near to the magnetic pole as the limited ...
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... Boothia was not joined to the continent , but that they were " completely divi- ded by a navigable strait , ten miles wide and upward , leading past Back's Estuary , and into the Gulf ( of Boothia , ) of which the proper name is Akkolee ...
... Boothia was not joined to the continent , but that they were " completely divi- ded by a navigable strait , ten miles wide and upward , leading past Back's Estuary , and into the Gulf ( of Boothia , ) of which the proper name is Akkolee ...
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... Boothia , has been called Simpson's Strait . On the 13th of August they had passed Richardson's Point and doubled Point Ogle , the furthest point of Back's journey in 1834 . By the 16th they had reached Montreal Island in Back's Estuary ...
... Boothia , has been called Simpson's Strait . On the 13th of August they had passed Richardson's Point and doubled Point Ogle , the furthest point of Back's journey in 1834 . By the 16th they had reached Montreal Island in Back's Estuary ...
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... Boothia . High and distant islands stretching from E. to E. N. E. ( probably some in Committee Bay ) were seen , and two considerable ones were noted far out in the offing . Remembering the length and difficulty of their return route ...
... Boothia . High and distant islands stretching from E. to E. N. E. ( probably some in Committee Bay ) were seen , and two considerable ones were noted far out in the offing . Remembering the length and difficulty of their return route ...
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... Boothia to be a peninsula . On the 15th of July the boats first fell in with the ice , about ten miles north of Cape Fullerton , and it was so heavy and closely packed that they were obliged to take shelter in a deep and narrow inlet ...
... Boothia to be a peninsula . On the 15th of July the boats first fell in with the ice , about ten miles north of Cape Fullerton , and it was so heavy and closely packed that they were obliged to take shelter in a deep and narrow inlet ...
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Admiralty arrived attempt August Back Baffin's Bay Barrow's Strait Beechey Behring's Strait boats Boothia Cape Walker Capt Captain Parry Captain Sir coast Commander Coppermine Coppermine River crew deer direction discovery dispatched drift eastward endeavor England Enterprise Erebus and Terror Esquimaux examine expedition exploring feet floes frozen Fury gale harbor Hecla hope Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Indians journey July June Lady Franklin Lake Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut Lieutenant Mackenzie River Melville Island miles named navigation North Somerset northern northward northwest passage officers pack Parry's party passed perilous Plover Polar Sea proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet regions Repulse Bay Rescue Richardson Ross's sailed seamen season sent ships shore Sir James Ross Sir John Barrow Sir John Franklin Sir John Ross sledges snow southward Spitzbergen tion vessels voyage Wellington Channel westward whalers wind winter